Roden

[AeroplaneDriver]

1/72 North American AJ Savage.
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ROD063?result-token=kvOjj

Just been looking at the very same image on the Hannants's site, and thinking EDSG over sky ? 

With Maple Leaves!

[Captain Canada]

There you go Nick ! Of course I was thinking the same thing lol. Good looking machine regardless !

[Dizzyfugu]

Nice to see an IP kit of this obscure aircraft - a bit pricey, though. 

Maybe there's an A2J in the pipeline, too? 

[elmayerle]

Maybe there's an A2J in the pipeline, too? 

We should be so lucky!!  I'd buy a couple at least.  Be fun to do a whif A2J-2 with swept wings and turbojets.

[KiwiZac]

Maybe there's an A2J in the pipeline, too? 

WSe should be so lucky!!  I'd buy a couple at least.  Be fun to do a whif A2J-2 with swept wings and turbojets.

Be still, my beating heart!!

[sandiego89]

Unlikely to at the price, but if I bought one, it'd be a real world water bomber.  It's often surprising, some of the eclectic types that have been converted for firefighting.

Very much so Mossie.

Some of the water bomber conversions are indeed surprising: Grumman Guardian, the F-15 Reporter which was the recce version of the Black Widow, the Mars, Privateer, Tigercat, and the Savage. All were rare/eclectic to start with and we likely would not have any Mars or Guardian survivors without their firefighting careers.  Believe the sole Savage survivor was an engine test bed, shame to see it rot on the Pensacola museum ramp for decades. 

[elmayerle]

If memory serves me correctly, that one was a testbed for Avco Lycoming in ALF-502 development, the test engine being extended from the bomb bay for testing.  If one could find photos, that would be interesting to modle.

[Mossie]

There are quite a few scattered around the net if you Google "AJ Savage aircraft testbed".

From the little I know, the testbed was a AJ-1.  It'd be a fairly involved conversion to do an AJ-2, the way the is done it'll need a different fuselage part.

The more I look into the Savage, the more I'm impressed with it, basically a "minimum bomber", big bomb bay in a relatively small package, even though it was a bit of a monster for a carrier aircraft.

[NARSES2]

The more I look into the Savage, the more I'm impressed with it, basically a "minimum bomber", big bomb bay in a relatively small package, even though it was a bit of a monster for a carrier aircraft.

I know what you mean Mossie, it's always impressed me.

[perttime]

Apparently, Roden is looking for a box art artist.

http://roden.eu/HTML/framenews.html

"Hello everyone, I am here to ask if anyone is capable of beautiful aircraft art (as in the beautiful images on model boxtops).? In a stroke of very bad luck, I have to let you know that RODEN models primary artist Taras Shtyk, just passed away at age 63 of heart failure. That leaves RODEN with no boxtop artist as their other was killed in a rocket attack early in the war in Ukraine. This is a very serious situation for this company and they need to find an artist quickly. Please contact me and I will put you in touch with the proper folks at RODEN. Thank you for your attention, Marc."
https://www.facebook.com/marc.racine.5205

[Old Wombat]

That sucks!

[zenrat]

Does indeed.  Roden's box art is amongst the best.

[Wardukw]

You've gotta feel sorry for those poor buggers..that does suck indeed.